May 8, 2013

Happy Mother's Day

Hiya!

So the snow has melted, and we've had better temps here in Iowa lately. The sun even came out, and I got to wear my flip flops again...finally!! I'm sad that it will be chilly and raining for the next few days, but look forward to more spring like weather soon.

I recently received my first order from Simon Says Stamp. Yes, I know. I'm really behind on ordering their awesome products, but hey, better late than never. Right? Anyway, I signed up for their monthly card kit, and am super happy with everything that is included in their kits. I haven't been super busy creating much lately, so I think the card kit was perfect to jump start my creative mojo again. Below is the card I made using the kit, and some other goodies I ordered.

There are two things about this card that I need to point out. First, I colored with my Copics, and second I fussy cut the roses. Those are two things that I pretty much NEVER do. lol These flowers were just begging to have that done to them though. Seriously. You can't see it from my photo, but each of the flowers and frame around the sponged sentiment panel were also outlined with my Sakura clear sparkle pen, so they have a touch of glitter. I cut out the center of the bigger flower, and popped it onto the other for more dimension. After I added all of my elements, I used a touch of Mister Huey's, in white and added one of the chipboard hearts that I "painted" with the Liquid Pearls from the kit. I'm happy with my card, but feel I could have done better compared to everyone else using this kit. I really want to be like Vicky Papaioannou and Nichol Magouirk when I grow up. lol They're amazing!